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Reviewing the IBM X3550 M2
IBM is late with support for Intel’s Series 5500 Xeons but does this 1U rack server has the measure of Dell’s and HP’s new systems?
Despite Intel launching its latest Xeon 5500 processors back in March it’s taken until now for us to get our hands on one of IBM’s new System x servers that support these. Dell was one of the first to market with its slick PowerEdge R610, which set a very high standard in terms of new features – and in this exclusive review we see how well IBM’s latest System x3550 M2 stacks up against it.
Build quality of this 1U chassis is good and IBM has upped the storage stakes as the x3550 has room at the front for six 2.5in SFF SAS or SATA hard disk in hot-swap carriers. This puts it on a par with the PowerEdge R610 but it’s beaten by HP’s new sixth generation DL360, which has room for eight SFF drives – you can see our exclusive review of the DL360 G6 in our sister title PC Pro.
Check out this review talking about IBM’s new X3550 M2, it’s always great to see what people think about the hardware, an interesting read, I’m off to read up more about the server on the IBM site.
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